Computer Act!ve - UK (2022-05-25)

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Corsair MP600 Pro LPX

500GB

£85 from http://www.snipca.com/41547

Tested Issue 630

SOLID-STATE DRIVE

In our tests, this M.2 SSD hit speeds of

7,364MB/s and 6,870MB/s when

reading and writing data – astonishingly

fast scores. It’s compatible with the

new PCIe 4.0 standard, which is twice

as fast as PCIe 3.0. The 1TB model

costs £140; 2TB costs £280.

ALTERNATIVE Crucial MX500 500GB

As fast as an SSD can get in the

traditional 2.5in SATA format, this

is a great-value upgrade. £55 from

http://www.snipca.com/37304

Google Nest Audio

£90 from http://www.snipca.com/36475

Tested Issue 593

SMART SPEAKER

BT Whole Home Wi-Fi

£170 from http://www.snipca.com/26990

Tested Issue 496

MESH ROUTER

BT’s set of three discs, managed

from an Apple or Android app,

connects to your broadband and

spreads high-speed Wi-Fi all around

the house. Reception is far better

than a single router, and the price is

lower than any rival.

ALTERNATIVE Zyxel Multy X

These two pillow-shaped boxes are

powerful enough for most homes and

provide four Ethernet ports apiece.

£265 from http://www.snipca.com/41109

COMPETITIONCOMPETITION

Produces a rich, clear sound, and better

understands your questions than

Amazon’s Echo devices. You can use

Google’s app to control audio from

other units around your home (pair two

of them for £160). The clever Ambient

IQ tool increases the volume if it detects

external noise, such as a hairdryer.

ALTERNATIVE Amazon Echo (4th

generation) The latest version of the

Echo changes the shape from a cylinder

to a ball, which improves sound quality

• though the Nest’s is still superior.
  £70 from http://www.snipca.com/41111

COMPETITION

Winner of a ‘Recommended’ award in

Issue 631, TerraMaster’s D4-300 is a

DAS enclosure with four drive bays

that accept both 2.5in and 3.5in drives.

This means you can install either

mechanical drives or SSDs.

It can take drives up to 18TB each,

giving it a total capacity

of 72TB. This makes it

ideal for tasks such as

editing videos, backing

up photos, preserving

technical documents,

creating a music library, and archiving

your financial records. It has the

USB-C 3.1 (Gen1, 5Gbps) interface.

It supports Windows, Mac and Linux,

and can be used with any computer,

TV set, server, and set-top TV box, as

well as other devices. The fan speed

changes according to the

temperature of the hard

drive, preventing the

enclosure from

overheating.

To enter this competition,

Win 1 of 2

TerraMaster D4-300

DAS enclosures

answer the question at http://www.snipca.

c o m /4 1 9 0 8 and submit your details.

It runs until midnight Tuesday 7 June.

Good luck!

You can buy the TerraMaster D4-

300 DAS enclosure for £149.99

from Amazon (www.snipca.

c o m /4 1 9 0 9). For more information

on TerraMaster’s range of DAS

and NAS enclosures visit http://www.

terra-master.com and follow

@terramasters on Twitter.

Issue 632 • 25 May – 7 June 2022